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bitterproffit there are two museums with similar names

I’ve went to the one at Olympic Park - the one you linked to - a couple of years ago.

Small and a bit disorganised but interesting nonetheless. Looked like a couple of portacabins stuck together and badly signposted.

I discovered it by accident simply because of the S/U Bahn route I chose to get to the Stadium !

It’s totally different from the Allied museum at Tempelhof.

Thanks for the suggestion about the memorial ar Treptow. Also added to my list of things to do now!

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Originally Posted by offerendum (Post 36703238)

It is. And yet enough people want the GDR back. It was great back then. The doofuses (worldwide) are booming, even if we've always had them.

It’s been a decade or more since I visited it, but the DDR museum provides some insights into the reality of daily life in the “Antifaschistischer Musterstaat”.

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Originally Posted by bitterproffit (Post 36702438)

I also enjoyed touring Tempelhof. The massive terminal is still there. In good weather, you can walk the runways. There is a visitor center and a small museum in the terminal and a statue commemorating the Berlin Airlift in front.

Walking around the Tempelhof terminal and airfield was indeed fun.

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Originally Posted by chrisl137 (Post 36702778)

That's certainly true from a historical perspective, but there's a lot of modern cultural stuff that's more fun in the former east than the former west, too.

I'll just add that Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, Staatsoper, Humboldt-Universität, Berliner Dom, Sankt Hedwigs-Kathedrale, etc., are all located in the former East sector.

The Allied Museum is situated in the heart of the former American sector, on Clayallee in Berlin’s Zehlendorf district, the vibrant focal point of life in the American garrison. General Lucius D. Clay Headquarters, Truman Plaza shopping center, and the American Forces Network (AFN) radio station were all located in the immediate vicinity. The Cole Sports Center and United States Army Chapel on Hüttenweg were also nearby. The largest American housing area, now the Parkviertel Dahlem, is also adjacent to the Museum grounds.

Some info on the allied museum. Also visited the soviet war memorial which was very interesting. Another interesting place to visit is Track 17 in Grunewald. It is a memorial to the trains that left from there to the the camps. Its right at the train station, in a very nice suburban part of town so you get a feel for what the average towns person might have seen of their neighbors during the war. There is also Wannesee (I actually think the exhibit is not very good) but the house and surrondings are beautiful. Max Lieberman also has a villa/musuem about a 5 minute walk from the Wanasee house and the area is very upscale and nice to walk around in. There is a circular bus route from the train station that will take you to both easily.

and one more .. The German Resistance Memorial Center The courtyard has a memorial to the Stauffenberg and the Valkyrie members. Pretty much every step you take in Berlin has some interesting history. There are wonderful plaques on the streets to give you an idea of the history of a particular building.